When Gus Zuehlke (BOSCO-USA founder) first traveled to Gulu, he struck up a close friendship with a lay catechist named Godfrey Alanya, from a small village northwest of Gulu called Pagak. Though Godfrey passed in 2005, the relationship he and Gus kindled in Pagak has borne fruit there ever since. Pagak became one of the … Continue reading Jokodino Okema innovates to preserve community knowledge

1. How did you come to work at BOSCO? It was in January 2016 that a friend who worked with BOSCO Uganda then approached me about an opening for a Research Supervisor within the organisation. What caught my attention at first with BOSCO was the ability to have transitioned from an organization that gives hand … Continue reading Q&A with BOSCO-Uganda staff member, George Oduch

1. How were you involved with BOSCO prior to joining the board? I first worked with BOSCO through the International Summer Service Learning (ISSLP) program at Notre Dame, in the summer of 2015. That summer, I taught computer literacy classes, helped out with infrastructure/maintenance, and ate a lot of mangoes. I returned to Uganda the … Continue reading Q&A Interview with Chas Jhin, the newest Board Member of BOSCO-USA

In April of this year, BOSCO Inc. board of director and technical advisor Tom Marentette visited the BOSCO Uganda team in Gulu to discuss several Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives, some of which related to the recent South Sudan refugee crisis. The goal was an evaluation of the expansion of the BOSCO communications network … Continue reading BOSCO Uganda Network Expands

BOSCO Uganda profile. The Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach (BOSCO) Uganda is a faith based Organization founded in 2006 in northern Uganda with the aim to use a web based approach to build a harmonious and peaceful global society out of the many divides of modern society. Inspired by the Catholic Church’s … Continue reading BOSCO UGANDA THEN AND NOW WITH AFRINIC FireAfrica

“Developing and scaling up access to power” is the main objective of the twelfth annual Uganda Energy conference taking place at the minute at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The conference sponsored and organized by Siemens and Uganda’s Ministry of Energy will look at among others: promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing among the Government agencies and … Continue reading BOSCO Uganda at the Future Energy Uganda Conference in Kampala

On Saturday 19th August 2017, there was a do or die business plan competition that attracted talented and business minded entrepreneurs from mainly the North and other Parts of Uganda Prior to the de day of the Business Plan competition, over 200 (two hundred) Entrepreneurs from different parts of Uganda submitted their viable Business idea … Continue reading The Top Eleven Winners in the Gulu Business Plan Competition

Are you ready for it? It is finally here! So, get your innovations up and running! BOSCO-Uganda, in consortium with Hive Colab, GWED-G, B-Space, Unreasonable East Africa with funding from Geneva Global, bringing to you the amazing opportunity to present your exceptional business at the first “Gulu Business Plan Competition” of its kind. Applications will … Continue reading Request for Submission of Business Plans